Clean Water and Sanitation /
The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make devel...
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Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2020
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Series: | Earth and Environmental Science (SpringerNature-11646)
Encyclopedia of the UN sustainable development goals |
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Table of Contents:
- Universal and equitable access to drinking water
- Adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene
- Pollution reduction, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials
- Substantial increase of wastewater recycling and safe reuse globally
- Water-use efficiency, sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater
- Protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
- Expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries
- Water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
- Local communities to improve water and sanitation management